Freddie Mercury

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If he had lived, Freddie Mercury would have been 65 years old today.

Any Freddie and Queen fans here?

I was always a great fan when I was a teenager. I saw their last live tour in 1986, then six years later I went to the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert in '92.

A fantastic rock singer with an amazing vocal range, showmanship and charisma. Check out the Google homepage today for a fun tribute to him.

 
Yes, guilty as charged.

Did no one notice the Google banner yesterday, in tribute to Freddie??
 

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You can say I'm a fan, I have the complete Queen collection on CD, and some of the early stuff on vinyl. Freddie had an amazing voice, played great piano, and had unbelievable stage presence. Brian May is one of my all time favorite guitar players. And John "Deaky" Deacon, is one of the most underrated bass players ever. (I love his playing!) Can't forget Roger, he's an excellent drummer. I'd like to go back in time and see them live!
 
I adore Freddie. His vocals still bring shivers to my spine and every song I hear him perform (either a live recording or studio track) never cease to amaze me. He is on the top of my list on musicians (alive or dead) that I would love to see live.
 
He was very talented, no doubt. I wouldn't call myself a fan, exactly, but I totally respect what he and Brian May brought to the table. I think maybe I'm just a lil' young to appreciate it fully. I just can't get around some of the "cheese"-factor. Of course, that seems "par for the course" when I examine the musical landscape of that era. ;)

R.I.P. Freddy
 
Yes, Freddie Mercury fan here.

I don't think there's ever been another voice like his - the range and strength he sang with was just incredible! :D

R.I.P. Freddie....
 
And another 'fan' Freddie had a charisma that had could be compared to charismata. Rock on Freddie.
KGB:cool:
 
Got all the albums that I know of. Queen is the best band in the history of human civilization. Period.
 
TwinCities Dan said:
I just can't get around some of the "cheese"-factor.
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Have you listened to the stuff from the 70's? Specifically the first two albums, Queen and Queen II? There was a bit more cheese around the albums like Hot Space, which upset a lot of fans when they came out due to the departure from the more usual Queen sound.
 
Another Queen fan here. Saw them live at Madison Square Garden in the late 80s. One of the best live shows I've ever seen and I've pretty much seen them all. Their performance at Live-Aid was amazing.
 
rdowns said:
Their performance at Live-Aid was amazing.
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Queen were one of the few bands who rehearsed the hell out of it to get as many songs as possible into a 20 minute slot. Other bands were good, Queen tend to be the one that's remembered.
 
Always have been a fan, always will be. I will keep my A Night at The Opera original vinyl record until the day I pass on. :)
 
TwinCities Dan said:
I think maybe I'm just a lil' young to appreciate it fully. I just can't get around some of the "cheese"-factor.
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Some of their earlier stuff is amazing. For a non-cheezy amazing example of Freddie's charisma, their Rock in Rio concert (in front of over 300,000) takes some beating:


I'm not sure that I've seen any life concert footage as moving as this.
 
Combining this with the other thread in 'community discussion'... how about Muse vs Queen :) It would have to be Queen any day, I doubt Muse would disagree given 'The Resistance' sounds like a Queen album in places! No one has produced music quite like Queen, they were so consistently good, even the duff albums had a couple of amazing tracks and the good ones had every track as a gem. PLUS, who has produced soundtrack albums like they did, Flash Gordon was, and is still, a masterpiece. I doubt they will ever be bettered. So, I'm a fan, sue me.
 
Dagless said:
I cannot listen to the end bit of "Don't Stop Me Now" without getting a little choked up.
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To be honest, I didn't get Queen...

.. until 1980, when I kept hearing "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", and hearing older kids stomping their feet on the bleachers at high school basketball games. But then again, I was only 6 years old at the time, so music was the farthest thing from my mind!


Then in 1989-1990, I heard the deepest introspective song I had ever heard from them, which still gets me to this day: "These Are the Days of Our Lives". Makes me yearn for living through my childhood years again, how much I miss, and how much of it I want back. It makes you think back through your life, almost homesick for your childhood.

Yes, Bohemian Rhapsody got re-released around that same time, and yes, it became the biggest overplayed drivel next to Bryan Adam's Robin Hood song, but it was a great piece too. It took hearing Lynch Mob's cover of "Tie Your Mother Down" shortly after Freddie died that I got back into them..

But "These Are the Days of Our Lives" is the one I choke up on.. Almost like it is his farewell gift to everyone. Off to have a listen to it.

R.I.P., Farrokh. You deserve it.

BL.
 
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